[Music]
all work and no play can make a
celebrity plagiarize away Beyonce has
been accused of incorporating others
moves into her routines before welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrity plagiarism stories I took
credit for cuz I’m not actually funny
come on man do you know what it’s like
being a comedian but not being funny for
this list we’re focusing on celebrities
that got caught up in a downward spiral
of one or more plagiarism scandals
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden dropped
out of the hunt today saying the
disclosures about his plagiarism in law
school and his exaggerations about his
academic record made it impossible for
him to continue number 10
Melania Trump’s scripted snafu no room
for small thinking no room for small
results don”t gets things done at the
2016 Republican National Convention
Melania Trump gave an impassioned speech
on behalf of her controversial husband
but it didn’t take long for people to
pick up on the similarities between mrs.
Trump’s address and Michelle Obama’s
speech at the 2008 Democratic National
Convention you work hard for what you
want in life that your word is your bond
that you do what you say you’re gonna do
my parents impressed on me the values
that you work hard for what you want in
life
despite milania’s stoic demeanor and
poised delivery the phrasing of familial
themes highlighted a clear case of
plagiarism a few days later
Meredith McIver offered her resignation
for writing the speech yet Donald Trump
refused to let her go
she’s a terrific person just made a
mistake and I thought it was terrific
the way she came forward and just said
look it was a mistake that I made
meanwhile the Internet questioned
McIver’s very existence so those who say
I stole my speech I said give me a break
give me a break break me off a piece of
that kids got far number nine
Beyonce’s love of Belgian choreography
so um how you’re at it
in terms of dance there’s a fine line
between inspiration and plagiarism and
for an R&B and pop icon like Beyonce she
typically inspires other artists but
after the release of her 2011 music
video for countdown
a Belgian dance choreographer named Anna
to raise a dickish mocker accused
Beyonce of plagiarism when viewing the
productions of each artist side-by-side
the dance and visual aesthetics are
extremely similar when I watched the
30-second clip of this video I feel as
if it’s a little bit of a copy but when
I watch the larger video it feels more
like an homage
but once the Cure’s mocker voiced her
displeasure Beyonce acknowledged that
the work inspired her has had other
sources like Audrey Hepburn’s 1957 film
funny face number 8 Martin Luther King
Junior’s plagiarized doctoral
dissertation and it does depend on the
situation without a doubt Martin Luther
King jr. is one of the most influential
figures in American history but in 1991
23 years after King’s assassination it
was reported that King had applied some
quote faulty citation practices during
his years of higher education at Boston
University in fact a panel at Boston
University concluded that King indeed
plagiarized other works in his doctoral
dissertation entitled a comparison of
the conception of God in the thinking of
Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wyman
though Clayborne Carson of Stanford
University has noted a quote pattern of
plagiarism and Kings works and speeches
he also believed that King had likely
quote acted unintentionally number-7
Helen Keller’s burst of inspiration I
toda
Dannic any high calories about to talk
Helen Keller is a prominent name in the
field of education but 13 years before
she became the first deaf and blind
person to receive a Bachelor of Arts
degree she published a short story the
frost King that raised a few eyebrows
soon after it was published accusations
of plagiarism arose when similarities
between
her story and frost fairies by Margaret
candy were noticed from there it became
a matter of whether Keller had knowingly
reworked the story that had been read to
her new details continue to emerge
throughout the 20th century with some
pointing a finger toward Sophia Hopkins
who was a mentor to one of Keller’s
teachers and Sullivan and others
maintaining that Sullivan herself was
behind the plagiarism all along so it’s
been you all along this is too perfect
number six Jane Goodall’s chaotic method
of Wikipedia note-taking you never put a
hat on a chimpanzee I refuse to believe
that when initial disagree for the rest
of our lives in the field of chimpanzee
research Jane Goodall has an extensive
resume and some serious pop-culture cred
your work has really inspired me doctor
and I love your sensible ponytail but
thank you see Jojo she likes it but
while she may know a thing or two about
chimps her understanding of proper
citations is apparently lacking Goodall
and co-author Gail Hudson turned to the
interweb while researching the 2013 book
seeds of hope wisdom and wonder from the
world of plants but it later turned out
that a description of botanist John
Bartram had actually been copied from
Wikipedia and text had been lifted from
the choice T’s web site a company that
contributes to the Jane Goodall
Institute while Goodall has blamed her
quote chaotic method of notetaking for
the uncited text the end result still
amounts to plagiarism it became more and
more apparent that chimpanzees like
humans have a dark side to their nature
number five Joe Biden’s admiration for
famous orders much like how Martin
Luther King jr. took creative liberties
during his collegiate years so did
America’s 47th vice-president but
according to Joe Biden it’s all quote
much ado about nothing however we’ll let
you be the judge because he didn’t just
plagiarize a few passages here and there
while in law school at Syracuse he used
a full five pages without attribution
according to a faculty report really I’m
not joking think about that of course
this is something that would naturally
come up during a presidential run
and sure enough Biden’s past of
plagiarism through a major wrench in his
1988 campaign I’m angry with myself for
having been put in the position put
myself in the position of having to make
this choice Joe has been known to build
on historical speeches even invoking JFK
without giving him a shout-out in the
long run however the accusations haven’t
seemed to hurt Biden much at all we are
America second to none and we own the
finish line number four Robin Thicke’s
blurred lines in 2013 the music video
for blurred lines became a viral
sensation and the song reached number
one in 25 countries but there were more
than a few people who could have sworn
they’d heard it before that year
[Music]
although Robin Thicke openly admitted to
channeling inspiration from soul legend
Marvin Gaye no formal credit was granted
the lack of attribution may not have
been a malicious move but even so the
subsequent legal battle didn’t come as a
surprise to many if you listened to the
music you can I’m sure anyone will see
the similarities you know clearly
between what my father does and what
Robin Thicke has been trying to do on
March 10th 2015 Robin Thicke and
co-writer Pharrell Williams were forced
to pay up 7.4 million dollars to Marvin
Gaye’s family on the musical sound-alike
scale this thick VJ issue lands
somewhere between the kinda sounds the
same 2008 Joe Satriani V Coldplay case
here’s the Satriani tune
[Music]
and here’s the mold played you
they sound pretty much identical Andy
let’s just change the lyrics Chuck Berry
V the Beach Boys controversy over 1963
surfin USA everybody
[Music]
me my California
they’re only rocket in
[Music]
number three Carlos Mencia is joke
piracy you see Carlos Mencia is taking
credit for our joke me yeah dude I told
you this would happen for comedians
authenticity is everything but in the
mid-2000s fellow comic Joe Rogan accused
Carlos Mencia of stealing jokes from
multiple comedians he did it to a bunch
of different comics is it a bad thing
yeah it’s a terrible thing and a couple
of years later an encounter at
Hollywood’s famous comedy store led to a
heated conversation on ethics between
the two you steal shit I could say you
steal shit
like many comics Mencia has paid his
dues in the business as noted by Marc
Maron in his WTF with Marc Maron podcast
but the fact remains that Mencia has
been accused of plagiarizing more than
one comedian ranging from a recognized
figure like Bill Cosby to lesser known
names how can you live in America for
over 45 years and still say how odd you
I don’t understand
while Rogen took a direct approach to
confronting Mencia louis c.k used his
own television show for a conversation
on plagiarism with fellow comic Dane
Cook because everything I read about me
was about how I stole jokes from you
which I didn’t I kind of think you did
dude why would I steal three jokes from
you when I have hours of material why
why would I do that risk my reputation
because they were funny jokes number two
James Cameron’s epic avatar accusations
I’ve already got a tall hot blue girl in
that movie her name wasn’t a tiara and
it was in a completely different context
but I was already thinking about it then
to be fair a mere accusation of
plagiarism doesn’t always mean it’s true
for James Cameron a man known for his
large scale epics many plagiarism cases
against him have been dismissed over the
years dating back to 1984 is the
Terminator oh you’re supposed to get
back I can’t
nobody goes home however with the
release of avatar in 2009 a number of
people questioned Cameron’s idea of
intellectual property as the narrative
of Avatar bears a striking resemblance
to the 1957 novelette call me Joe which
features a disabled protagonist that
clashes with an intergalactic culture I
just want to say thanks for killing
those things in fact there have been
multiple documented cases of plagiarism
surrounding Cameron’s film and the
accusations only seem to keep growing
with each passing year I’ll be back
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions so I
took that page and I handed it in and it
got a C+ and I said alright now I know
I’m right
number one Shia LaBeouf’s plagiarism art
most critics will give any movie three
and a half stars but flatters their
self-image I take it much more seriously
in 2013 the internet quickly called out
actor Shia LaBeouf when his short film
Howard Cantor com appeared to lift
material from the Dan Close comic Justin
M Damiano yet Shia claimed he got quote
lost in the creative process and that
was the reason for the accidental
plagiarism surprisingly his tweeted
apology was also in the news for being
plagiarized from Yahoo Answers of all
places
this essentially spawned numerous cases
of public performance art by LaBeouf
leading the public to question his
motives even further rare commodity the
quality is what it’s got to be in my
philosophy is much farther than what
you’re asking see things only got worse
for the actor in June 2015 when a video
emerged of him performing a purported
freestyle rap resulted in a rap
collective known as the anomaly’s
calling him out for similarities to
their 1999 track perfectionist one job
do you agree with our list which case of
celebrity plagiarism surprises you the
most and back in science again
for more mind-blowing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com Oh shall no man come on I
got no dick
[Music]
all work and no play can make a
celebrity plagiarize away Beyonce has
been accused of incorporating others
moves into her routines before welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrity plagiarism stories I took
credit for cuz I’m not actually funny
come on man do you know what it’s like
being a comedian but not being funny for
this list we’re focusing on celebrities
that got caught up in a downward spiral
of one or more plagiarism scandals
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden dropped
out of the hunt today saying the
disclosures about his plagiarism in law
school and his exaggerations about his
academic record made it impossible for
him to continue number 10
Melania Trump’s scripted snafu no room
for small thinking no room for small
results don”t gets things done at the
2016 Republican National Convention
Melania Trump gave an impassioned speech
on behalf of her controversial husband
but it didn’t take long for people to
pick up on the similarities between mrs.
Trump’s address and Michelle Obama’s
speech at the 2008 Democratic National
Convention you work hard for what you
want in life that your word is your bond
that you do what you say you’re gonna do
my parents impressed on me the values
that you work hard for what you want in
life
despite milania’s stoic demeanor and
poised delivery the phrasing of familial
themes highlighted a clear case of
plagiarism a few days later
Meredith McIver offered her resignation
for writing the speech yet Donald Trump
refused to let her go
she’s a terrific person just made a
mistake and I thought it was terrific
the way she came forward and just said
look it was a mistake that I made
meanwhile the Internet questioned
McIver’s very existence so those who say
I stole my speech I said give me a break
give me a break break me off a piece of
that kids got far number nine
Beyonce’s love of Belgian choreography
so um how you’re at it
in terms of dance there’s a fine line
between inspiration and plagiarism and
for an R&B and pop icon like Beyonce she
typically inspires other artists but
after the release of her 2011 music
video for countdown
a Belgian dance choreographer named Anna
to raise a dickish mocker accused
Beyonce of plagiarism when viewing the
productions of each artist side-by-side
the dance and visual aesthetics are
extremely similar when I watched the
30-second clip of this video I feel as
if it’s a little bit of a copy but when
I watch the larger video it feels more
like an homage
but once the Cure’s mocker voiced her
displeasure Beyonce acknowledged that
the work inspired her has had other
sources like Audrey Hepburn’s 1957 film
funny face number 8 Martin Luther King
Junior’s plagiarized doctoral
dissertation and it does depend on the
situation without a doubt Martin Luther
King jr. is one of the most influential
figures in American history but in 1991
23 years after King’s assassination it
was reported that King had applied some
quote faulty citation practices during
his years of higher education at Boston
University in fact a panel at Boston
University concluded that King indeed
plagiarized other works in his doctoral
dissertation entitled a comparison of
the conception of God in the thinking of
Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wyman
though Clayborne Carson of Stanford
University has noted a quote pattern of
plagiarism and Kings works and speeches
he also believed that King had likely
quote acted unintentionally number-7
Helen Keller’s burst of inspiration I
toda
Dannic any high calories about to talk
Helen Keller is a prominent name in the
field of education but 13 years before
she became the first deaf and blind
person to receive a Bachelor of Arts
degree she published a short story the
frost King that raised a few eyebrows
soon after it was published accusations
of plagiarism arose when similarities
between
her story and frost fairies by Margaret
candy were noticed from there it became
a matter of whether Keller had knowingly
reworked the story that had been read to
her new details continue to emerge
throughout the 20th century with some
pointing a finger toward Sophia Hopkins
who was a mentor to one of Keller’s
teachers and Sullivan and others
maintaining that Sullivan herself was
behind the plagiarism all along so it’s
been you all along this is too perfect
number six Jane Goodall’s chaotic method
of Wikipedia note-taking you never put a
hat on a chimpanzee I refuse to believe
that when initial disagree for the rest
of our lives in the field of chimpanzee
research Jane Goodall has an extensive
resume and some serious pop-culture cred
your work has really inspired me doctor
and I love your sensible ponytail but
thank you see Jojo she likes it but
while she may know a thing or two about
chimps her understanding of proper
citations is apparently lacking Goodall
and co-author Gail Hudson turned to the
interweb while researching the 2013 book
seeds of hope wisdom and wonder from the
world of plants but it later turned out
that a description of botanist John
Bartram had actually been copied from
Wikipedia and text had been lifted from
the choice T’s web site a company that
contributes to the Jane Goodall
Institute while Goodall has blamed her
quote chaotic method of notetaking for
the uncited text the end result still
amounts to plagiarism it became more and
more apparent that chimpanzees like
humans have a dark side to their nature
number five Joe Biden’s admiration for
famous orders much like how Martin
Luther King jr. took creative liberties
during his collegiate years so did
America’s 47th vice-president but
according to Joe Biden it’s all quote
much ado about nothing however we’ll let
you be the judge because he didn’t just
plagiarize a few passages here and there
while in law school at Syracuse he used
a full five pages without attribution
according to a faculty report really I’m
not joking think about that of course
this is something that would naturally
come up during a presidential run
and sure enough Biden’s past of
plagiarism through a major wrench in his
1988 campaign I’m angry with myself for
having been put in the position put
myself in the position of having to make
this choice Joe has been known to build
on historical speeches even invoking JFK
without giving him a shout-out in the
long run however the accusations haven’t
seemed to hurt Biden much at all we are
America second to none and we own the
finish line number four Robin Thicke’s
blurred lines in 2013 the music video
for blurred lines became a viral
sensation and the song reached number
one in 25 countries but there were more
than a few people who could have sworn
they’d heard it before that year
[Music]
although Robin Thicke openly admitted to
channeling inspiration from soul legend
Marvin Gaye no formal credit was granted
the lack of attribution may not have
been a malicious move but even so the
subsequent legal battle didn’t come as a
surprise to many if you listened to the
music you can I’m sure anyone will see
the similarities you know clearly
between what my father does and what
Robin Thicke has been trying to do on
March 10th 2015 Robin Thicke and
co-writer Pharrell Williams were forced
to pay up 7.4 million dollars to Marvin
Gaye’s family on the musical sound-alike
scale this thick VJ issue lands
somewhere between the kinda sounds the
same 2008 Joe Satriani V Coldplay case
here’s the Satriani tune
[Music]
and here’s the mold played you
they sound pretty much identical Andy
let’s just change the lyrics Chuck Berry
V the Beach Boys controversy over 1963
surfin USA everybody
[Music]
me my California
they’re only rocket in
[Music]
number three Carlos Mencia is joke
piracy you see Carlos Mencia is taking
credit for our joke me yeah dude I told
you this would happen for comedians
authenticity is everything but in the
mid-2000s fellow comic Joe Rogan accused
Carlos Mencia of stealing jokes from
multiple comedians he did it to a bunch
of different comics is it a bad thing
yeah it’s a terrible thing and a couple
of years later an encounter at
Hollywood’s famous comedy store led to a
heated conversation on ethics between
the two you steal shit I could say you
steal shit
like many comics Mencia has paid his
dues in the business as noted by Marc
Maron in his WTF with Marc Maron podcast
but the fact remains that Mencia has
been accused of plagiarizing more than
one comedian ranging from a recognized
figure like Bill Cosby to lesser known
names how can you live in America for
over 45 years and still say how odd you
I don’t understand
while Rogen took a direct approach to
confronting Mencia louis c.k used his
own television show for a conversation
on plagiarism with fellow comic Dane
Cook because everything I read about me
was about how I stole jokes from you
which I didn’t I kind of think you did
dude why would I steal three jokes from
you when I have hours of material why
why would I do that risk my reputation
because they were funny jokes number two
James Cameron’s epic avatar accusations
I’ve already got a tall hot blue girl in
that movie her name wasn’t a tiara and
it was in a completely different context
but I was already thinking about it then
to be fair a mere accusation of
plagiarism doesn’t always mean it’s true
for James Cameron a man known for his
large scale epics many plagiarism cases
against him have been dismissed over the
years dating back to 1984 is the
Terminator oh you’re supposed to get
back I can’t
nobody goes home however with the
release of avatar in 2009 a number of
people questioned Cameron’s idea of
intellectual property as the narrative
of Avatar bears a striking resemblance
to the 1957 novelette call me Joe which
features a disabled protagonist that
clashes with an intergalactic culture I
just want to say thanks for killing
those things in fact there have been
multiple documented cases of plagiarism
surrounding Cameron’s film and the
accusations only seem to keep growing
with each passing year I’ll be back
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions so I
took that page and I handed it in and it
got a C+ and I said alright now I know
I’m right
number one Shia LaBeouf’s plagiarism art
most critics will give any movie three
and a half stars but flatters their
self-image I take it much more seriously
in 2013 the internet quickly called out
actor Shia LaBeouf when his short film
Howard Cantor com appeared to lift
material from the Dan Close comic Justin
M Damiano yet Shia claimed he got quote
lost in the creative process and that
was the reason for the accidental
plagiarism surprisingly his tweeted
apology was also in the news for being
plagiarized from Yahoo Answers of all
places
this essentially spawned numerous cases
of public performance art by LaBeouf
leading the public to question his
motives even further rare commodity the
quality is what it’s got to be in my
philosophy is much farther than what
you’re asking see things only got worse
for the actor in June 2015 when a video
emerged of him performing a purported
freestyle rap resulted in a rap
collective known as the anomaly’s
calling him out for similarities to
their 1999 track perfectionist one job
do you agree with our list which case of
celebrity plagiarism surprises you the
most and back in science again
for more mind-blowing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com Oh shall no man come on I
got no dick
[Music]
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